Kidney tumor

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Kidney tumor

Reviewers: Sean Williamson, M.D., Mandolin Ziadie, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 17 July 2012, last major update July 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

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Cystic non-neoplastic lesions: acquired cystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease cystic renal dysplasia, glomerulocystic kidney medullary sponge kidney mesothelial cysts nephronophthisis simple cysts

Childhood neoplasms: anaplastic sarcoma clear cell sarcoma mesoblastic nephroma metanephric stromal tumor nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests neuroblastoma oncocytoid carcinoma after neuroblastoma ossifying tumor renal cell carcinoma rhabdoid tumor translocation carcinoma (children) Wilms’ tumor of children

Benign (usually) adult tumors: classification angiomyolipoma cystic nephroma epithelioid angiomyolipoma fibroepithelial polyp of renal pelvis glomus hemangioma inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor juxtaglomerular leiomyoma lipoma lymphangioma medullary fibroma metanephric adenofibroma metanephric adenoma mixed epithelial and stromal myelolipoma oncocytoma oncocytosis papillary adenoma pelvic lipomatosis perineurioma schwannoma sinus histiocytosis solitary fibrous tumor spiradenocylindroma

Adult renal carcinoma: classification renal cell carcinoma-general adenocarcinoma of renal pelvis acquired cystic disease related adult papillary renal tumor with oncocytic cells chromophobe clear cell clear cell-cystic clear cell-eosinophilic clear cell-rhabdoid clear cell papillary collecting duct lymphoepithelioma-like medullary metastases mucinous tubular and spindle cell papillary primary thyroid-like follicular rhabdoid sarcomatoid small cell squamous cell translocation (adult) tubulocystic unclassified urothelial urothelial variants

Other adult malignancies: angiosarcoma carcinoid Castleman’s clear cell sarcoma of soft parts desmoplastic small round Ewing’s/PNET hemangioblastoma hemangiopericytoma leiomyosarcoma leukemia lymphoma metanephric adenosarcoma myxoma post-kidney transplant sarcoma synovial sarcoma teratoma Wilms’-adult

Adult malignancies-miscellaneous: features to report frozen sections grossing staging staging-renal pelvis nuclear grading

Index (table of contents in alphabetical order)

A-E: acquired cystic disease related renal cell carcinoma acquired cystic kidney disease adenocarcinoma of renal pelvis adult papillary renal tumor with oncocytic cells anaplastic sarcoma angiomyolipoma angiosarcoma autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease carcinoid Castleman’s chromophobe classification classification of renal cell carcinoma clear cell carcinoma clear cell-cystic clear cell-eosinophilic clear cell-rhabdoid clear cell papillary carcinoma clear cell sarcoma (children) clear cell sarcoma of soft parts (adults) collecting duct carcinoma cystic nephroma cystic renal dysplasia desmoplastic small round cell tumor epithelioid angiomyolipoma Ewing’s/PNET

F-N: features to report fibroepithelial polyp of renal pelvis frozen sections glomerulocystic kidney glomus grossing hemangioblastoma hemangioma hemangiopericytoma inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor juxtaglomerular leiomyoma leiomyosarcoma leukemia lipoma lymphangioma lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma lymphoma medullary carcinoma medullary fibroma medullary sponge kidney mesoblastic nephroma mesothelial cysts metanephric adenofibroma metanephric adenoma metanephric adenosarcoma metanephric stromal tumor metastases mixed epithelial and stromal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma myelolipoma myxoma nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests nephronophthisis neuroblastoma nuclear grading

O-Z: oncocytoid carcinoma after neuroblastoma oncocytoma oncocytosis ossifying tumor papillary adenoma papillary renal cell carcinoma pelvic lipomatosis perineurioma, post-transplant tumors primary thyroid-like follicular, renal cell carcinoma (children) renal cell carcinoma (adults) rhabdoid tumor (children) rhabdoid (adult) sarcoma sarcomatoid carcinoma schwannoma simple cysts sinus histiocytosis small cell carcinoma, solitary fibrous tumor spiradenocylindroma squamous cell carcinoma staging staging-renal pelvis synovial sarcoma teratoma, translocation carcinoma (children) translocation carcinoma (adult) tubulocystic carcinoma unclassified carcinoma urothelial carcinoma urothelial variants Wilms’ tumor of children Wilms’-adult

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Primary references

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AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th ed)
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Human Pathology
Modern Pathology
Eble: Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs, 2004
Murphy: Tumors of the Kidney and Bladder (AFIP Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Series 3, Vol 11); 1994
Murphy: Tumors of the Kidney Bladder and Related Urinary Structures (AFIP Atlas of Tumor Pathology, 4th Series, Vol 1); 2004
Silva’s Diagnostic Renal Pathology 2009
Websites: PathoPic, Webpathology.com
Virtual slides: University of Iowa, USCAP

Please refer to these primary references for more detailed discussions and photographs

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